What is your philosophy on classic gear?

[Fammaden]

Eh, there's a lot of the planar armor that can/will last you until Velious. Kunark class armor sets are mostly ac and clicks, other than BP/legs which are pretty difficult to get on a populous/contested server.

So my philosophy is to get the good visible pieces from your class set now. Much of what Kunark will replace are the other slots, back/shoulder/jewelry/range/belts and to some degree some of the visible slots too. But the good class armor slots from the classic planes are quite viable until Velious in most cases. And of course WEAPONS are the real inflationary gear in Kunark, even for casters, and not just epics.

People going apeshit about BiS this-or-that are weird to me when we KNOW THE FUTURE. I mean I get it, have fun and enjoy this era of only this gear being available. But when you can perform your class role in most cases at 80%+ efficiency while spending 20% or less of the cost in time or plat that "BiS" would require, then why bother?